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Ph.D. Student Paige Balcom Turns Awards into Innovation and Social Change in Uganda

Paige Balcom was in Uganda when COVID hit. The country quickly instituted a strict lockdown—all borders and airports closed, transport stopped, a strict curfew and other restrictions were enforced by the military, misinformation spread, and many people couldn’t get food. In the fall, the UC Berkeley Ph.D. student’s classes went remote, and she dealt with the 10-hour time difference.

June 15, 2021

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On the Passing of George Shultz

The Blum Center for Developing Economies is especially saddened by the passing of Secretary Shultz. He was a very special friend of the Center. He served as a Trustee since the inception of the Center in 2007. He came to most of the bi-annual meetings of the Blum Center board and offered his sage advice in a low-key and workman-like fashion. As in other matters, he always advocated a Big Tent approach, including other university partners and collaborators. He was a huge fan and outspoken supporter of the Blum Center.

February 10, 2021

Free Speech Movement Legacies and the Promise of Community Engaged Scholarship

By Sean Burns While the 1964 Free Speech Movement at UC Berkeley focused on one central demand—the freedom of students to openly speak about and

October 1, 2014

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Twenty-eight Ambitious Changemakers from UC Berkeley Set Out for Clinton Global Initiative University

By: Abby Madan, 2nd Year Political Economy Major March 21, 2014 – This weekend, twenty-eight UC Berkeley student innovators are headed to Arizona for the

March 21, 2014

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Joe Leitmann on the New Era of Disaster Risk Management

By Tamara Straus Though he admits it is macabre, Joe Leitmann is walking encyclopedia of natural disaster statistics. The 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami resulted in

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Ph.D. Student Paige Balcom Turns Awards into Innovation and Social Change in Uganda

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Twenty-eight Ambitious Changemakers from UC Berkeley Set Out for Clinton Global Initiative University

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